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Issue: A Mad Look at Old Movies #T5036
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Issues: #T5036 of 3 Issues
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Publisher: FlagNew American Library
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Indicia Publisher: New American Library Inc.
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Volume: none
Pages: 196
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Content Items: 11 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Nick Meglin
Disclose Notes: Seventh printing.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: mass market paperback (4 1/4" x 7")
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed) [as J. D.]
Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed) [as J. D.]
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Letterer(s): Typeset
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Character(s): Director
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Genres: humorous
First Line: We've read a lot of books in our time...
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More MAD Humor from Signet

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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): Jack Davis
Inker(s): Jack Davis
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Character(s): Little Miss Wishy Washy
First Line: A Mad Look at Old Movies
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Contents

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Penciller(s): Jack Davis; Mort Drucker
Inker(s): Jack Davis; Mort Drucker
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Nick [the Thin Man]; Tarzan; Mamie Gluppergloss; Little Miss Wishy Washy
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How and Why This Book Came to Be

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Nick Meglin
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Tarzan Faces Tsuris

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Writer(s): Dick de Bartolo (credited)
Penciller(s): Mort Drucker (credited)
Inker(s): Mort Drucker (credited)
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, jungle
Character(s): Tarzan; Pat [Patricia]; Dr. Bayer; Duke; Gower tribe; Cheetah; Sammy Davis Jr. (cameo)
Synopsis: Tarzan leads Dr. Bayer and his party to the legendary lost mine of Queen Faraday.
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Little Miss Wishy Washy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Dick de Bartolo (credited)
Penciller(s): Jack Davis (credited)
Inker(s): Jack Davis (credited)
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Genres: childrens, humorous, sports
Character(s): Little Miss Wishy Washy; the Kid; Blackie-Wackie [Blackie Wackie] [Blacky-Wacky] [Blaickie Wacky]; Margaret Rose Annabelle Brown; Wishy's mother; race announcer
Synopsis: The Kid helps Little Miss Wishy Washy prepare her horse to run in the Kentucky Derby. Blackie loses in a photo finish, but Wishy demands that the announcer change the results to conform with movie convention about an adorable little girl's love for her horse. He refuses, until she threatens to have millions of her loyal fans smear him all over the track.
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The Case of the Murderer Who Killed!

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Writer(s): Dick de Bartolo (credited)
Penciller(s): Jack Davis (credited) (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Davis (credited) (signed)
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Character(s): Dr. Clinton; murderer; Fran Janice; detective sergeant; Nick [the Thin Man]; candy store operator; little girl; Mrs. Smurt; newsboy; morgue employee; killers; Charlie Chan (cameo)
Synopsis: Nurse Fran Janice pursues justice when Dr. Clinton is killed. Private eye Nick stumbles and bumbles through the case but finally finds the killers and has them arrested. Fran expects a romantic ending, but Nick just stomps away and tells her to get off his back.
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Broken Hearts Over Broadway

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Dick de Bartolo (credited)
Penciller(s): Jack Davis (credited)
Inker(s): Jack Davis (credited)
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mr. Beastly; Aireborne; Audrey Gluppergloss [Mamie Gluppergloss]; Mrs. Gluppergloss; Marion Rose; doctor; Pops; Alfred Blake; cast members; passersby
Synopsis: Mr. Beastly's latest extravaganza is about to open on Broadway when his leading lady is injured. The desperate Beastly takes flower girl Mamie and teaches her the entire part in the 30 minutes before curtain. She becomes such a big star that she leaves her family behind, but finally breaks down with feelings of guilt. Once again she's a flower girl, but she's still got talent. When another producer's leading lady is injured, he stops Mamie on the street -- and buys all her flowers.
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Character(s): Dick de Bartolo
First Line: Ever since he can remember, Dick De Bartolo wanted to be a writer of comedy and humor ...
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